Iraq: Al-Maliki steps down, gives up post to rival

BAGHDAD — Iraq's embattled Nouri al-Maliki has stepped down as prime minister, caving in to international and domestic pressure to give up his post to a rival politician. The move defuses a political deadlock that has plunged Iraq into...

Maliki Steps Down, Pledges Support for Abadi

published:09 Dec 2014

Maliki Steps Down, Pledges Support

Maliki Steps Down, Pledges Support for Abadi

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has announced that he will step aside and support his designated successor. The announcement Thursday came hours after Maliki claimed the president's nomination of...

Maliki Steps Down, Pledges Support for Abadi

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has announced that he will step aside and support his designated successor. The announcement Thursday came hours after Maliki claimed the president's nomination of Haidar al-Abadi was illegal and that he would fight it in court. The new prime minister is tasked with uniting Iraq's various ethnic and religious groups in an effort to defuse the threat by Islamic State militants advancing from the north. Zlatica Hoke reports.
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Maliki steps down as Iraqi prime minister.

Nouri al-Maliki has in a television address announced his decision to step down as Iraq's prime minister and endorsed Haider al-Abadi as his successor. He sa...

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